Shooting time-lapse videos is fun, informative, and easy to learn. The trick is to be in a place where nature is on full display. It might take a few tries to capture exactly what you have envisioned, but the effort will be worth it if that elusive blast of light and color occurs during your shot. Like many photographic and filmmaking pursuits, the results can be hit or miss, so it’s important to set up your shoot to improve your chances.

A polarizer organizes light. Glare, haze and reflections bombard the eye from every direction. A polarizer is a SCREEN that culls the randomness of light into one parallel stream - giving us a purer image, without aerial interference.

More tribute than tutorial. This video describes in detail the intricate matting process used for the first three films in the Star Wars Trilogy. It’s
a personal recollection with some film history provided to establish the basis of the blue screen process.

Economics forced the film industry to develop and apply artificial light! This video discusses the amazing breakthroughs that led to the development of lighting fixtures for the film industry. Starting with a quick review of the properties of light – the video relates basic electromagnetic physics and how that…
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This is the inaugural “tutorial” where I postulate that light meters are still relevant! Tired eyes and hopeful expectations will be proven right or wrong if you can interpret a well calibrated light meter. Learn to trust it! We review the Zone System and discuss conditions that can fake…
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I talk about testing a lot so I decided to make a short video about the practice. Prep time is test time so if there is anything that worries you - test it before the chips are down! Or you can just test for fun! I do all the…
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